One reason that today's vehicles are the safest in history is that, since 1968, all vehicles come equipped with dual brake systems to ensure that if one set of brakes fails, the other set can still ...

Malcolm Loughead introduced the first concept of a four-wheel brake system using hydraulics in 1918. In 1921, Model A Duesenberg car was fitted with hydraulic brake system on all four wheels. The ...

On the heels of their RT8 TT hydraulic rim brake for time trial bikes, Magura this week released a converter for standard road bikes. Without a finalized name yet, it mounts to the steerer tube and is ...

When we stopped at the TRP Brakes booth at the Outdoor Demo in Vegas before Interbike 2012, we inquired about the HyWire, the innovative hydraulic disc brake levers with TRP’s own electronic shifters ...

The system is designed to handle eight channels or less of HABS control. The antilock brake system uses speed sensors to monitor each wheel, ABS electronic control unit to send current to the ABS ...

Since the UCI lifted their ban on disc brakes for cyclo-cross, the race has been on to develop a hydraulic system for drop-bar bikes. Rumours have been flying regarding what the major manufacturers ...

The Sea Otter Classic Expo is just a day away, and there’s quite a number of new cyclocross products expected to be unveiled at the Monterey, California event. Several of these new products are ...

If brake-by-wire doesn't sound like a new thing to you, that's because it isn't. So how come everyone is talking about it ...

The pilot of a firefighting plane that ran off a runway says its hydraulic system and emergency brake system failed. No one was injured when the Lockheed P2V-5 crashed through a fence June 26 at Rocky ...